Pencil attachment



NOV- 3, 1931. L. J. FELSENTHAL 1,830,102

PENCIL ATTACHMENT Filed June 12, 1931 Wife/'izey f Patented Nov. 3, 193

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE LESTER J'. FELSENTHAL, OF GLENCOE,ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO G. FELSENTI-IAL & SONS,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORATION F ILLINOIS PENCIL ATTACHMENTApplication filed June 12,

The invention is shown as an attachment to a pencil as a handle thereforand as a means of holding the pencil with its point protected when notin use, for instance, when carried ;in the pocket. It will beunderstood, how* dinally.

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view.

Fig. l is a plan view of the opaque sheet with the sheet of transparentmaterial attached thereto in flat form before rolling into cylindricalform.

Fig. is an edge view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view of the composite sheet of 4C and 5 rolled intosubstantially cylindrical form, ready to be slipped onto the main body.

Fig. 7 is a view of a part of the main body.

Referring by reference characters to these drawings, the numeral ldesignates the cylindrical member or barrel desirably made of sheetmetal having annular beads la, 1b for a ,s purpose hereinafterdescribed, and end portions 1c and 1d the former 1c preferably ofreduced diameter being adapted to telescopically receive th-e member 2carrying the pencil 8 and the latter 1d being ribbed or corrugated tohold the eraser 4 in the manner well understood by thoseskilled in theart.

The annular ribs la and 1b are designed to prevent endwise displacementof the outer revoluble member 6, 7.

According to my invention as disclosed in the drawings the portion ofthe barrel between the ribs la and 1b is provided with data, indicia, orother matter, and in the. present instance I have chosen to illustrateadvertising matter. Such data may be imprinted or embossed directly onthe barrel as shown in Fig 7, but I prefer to print the same on a sheetof paper or like material as shown at 5 in Fig. 3 and secure the sheet1931. Serial No. 544,006.

to the barrel in encircling position between the ribs by means of asuitable adhesive.

` For cooperating with the inner body member I provide a cylinder oftransparent material having a backing of opaque material with anelongated slot of a width to expose yone longitudinal row of the matteron the main body at a time, said cylinder and its backing beingrotatable about the barrel between the ribs la and 1b and being heldthereby against endwise movement.

PreferablyV the backing is in the form of a sheet of paper 6 on whichmay be printed the advertisement of any manufacturer desirous of usingthis device as an advertising medium, and such paper sheet is adhesivelysecured to the back of a sheet 7 of transparent flexible material suchas Celluloid. The paper sheet 6 is of less width than the paper sheet 5,or in other words is of such width that when applied in encirclingposition to the barrel its edges do not quite meet, thus formingtherebetween the slot above referred to. The sheet 7 on the contrary isof greater width so as toy leave a margin projecting beyond the edge ofthe backing sheet and such sheet 7 is Vof such width that when appliedin encircling position to the barrel the edge portion of said projectingor unbacked margin will overlap the other marginof the sheet 7 to whichit is adhesivelyfsecured, thereby forming a transparent cylinder which,together with its backing, can be rotated about the barrel to bring theslot opposite any desired part of the data or advertisement on the innerbarrel. In this position the advertisement can be read together with thematter printed on the interposed opaque backing sheet of the revolublecylinder.

It will be readily seen that a device as above described may bemanufactured and assembled at an extremely low cost, and it will befurther seen that it is an extremely simple matter to supply varioustypes of advertising matter.

The invention is primarily for use `as a means of advertising, but itmay be employed for other purposes, and particularly where data orindicia is carried by the two parts, rotatable one in relation to theother for dis- Ill) playing successively diiierent portions of theAindicia or information on the inner part through an opening in theouter part which latter displays its own data or indicia.

By employing the opaque and transparent sheets torming the outercylinder, assembly of these parts can be eifected cheaply in iat form asshown in Figs. i and 5. After such assembly in Hat form, the compositesheet is curled into cylinder form Fig. 6 and snapped over the mainbarrel or inner cylinder ot the device to lie between the beads la, 1?).Then the projecting edge portion of the transparent outer sheet can bemade to adhere to the opposing edge of the said trans parent sheet tocomplete the outer cylinder with the edges ot' the opaque sheet spacedapart to form the slot. Furthermore, by the employment of thetransparent sheet as a part ott the outer cylinder, the surface ot' theopaque sheet bearing the inscription or data will be protected and keptfree from becoming soiled so that even after extended use the printedmatter will be clear, and the attractiveness of the article will not bemarred by becoming soiled.

lVhateve-,r color the outer surface of the sheet may be will bepreserved for the life of the article, so that a sharp contrast may bemaintained between the printed matter and its background.

By the use of the interposed sheet of opaque material between the outertransparent sheet and the inner cylinder, applicant accomplishes, in asimple way, three things. He provides the slot or opening which willexpose a line ot' data on the inner cylinder, he will conceal trom viewall the data. which is not needed for the immediate reading, and heprovides a carrier for other data which may be exposed throughout theentire circuit ot the device through the exterior transparent sheet.

I claim:

l. In a device of the character described, an inner cylindrical bodybearing data arranged in spaced apart lengthwise rows, a sheet of opaquepaper having data printed thereon curved about said body to looselyconform thereto, and having lengthwise edges spaced apart to expose a`single one of said rows, the body of the sheet concealing remainingrows, and a transparent sheet spanning the space between said lengthwiseedges, attached to and retaining the paper sheet in cylindrical form.

2. A device of the character described having a cylindrical body bearingdata, a transparent sleeve revolubly mounted on the cylindrical body, anopaque member interposed between the transparent sleeve and the cylindrical body, and attached t0 the said transparent sleeve to revolvetherewith about the cylindrical body, said opaque member having spacedapart edges providing an opening through which the data on thecylindrical body may be viewed, said opaque member having data inscribedon its outer face, said opaque member concealing the data on thecylindrical body excepting that with which the said opening registerswhile exposing to view the data on its outer face through saidtransparent covering sleeve.

3. A device according to claim 2 in which the opaque member consists ofa sheet of inaterial in general cylindrical form, but with its edgesspaced apart, and the transparent sleeve consists of a sheet of materialhaving one edge substantially aligning with one edge ot' the opaquemember and its other edge portion extending across the spaced apartedges of the said member and overlapping its own other edge portion towhich it is secured.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LESTER J. FELSENTHAL.

